Ernie Davis
(1939-1963)
American football player
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Ernest Davis (December 14, 1939 – May 18, 1963) was an American football player, a halfback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1961 and was its first African-American recipient. Davis played college football for Syracuse University and was the first pick in the 1962 NFL Draft, where he was selected by the Cleveland Browns. Davis was diagnosed with leukemia that same year, and died shortly after at age 23 without ever playing in a professional game. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979 and was the subject of the 2008 film The Express: The Ernie Davis Story.
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Ernest R. Davis 14 December 1939 New Salem-Buffington, Pennsylvania
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18 May 1963 (aged 23) Cleveland, Ohio USA
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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